
Chaka
Thomas Mofolo(Autor*in)
Head of Zeus -- an AdAstra Book (Verlag)
1. Auflage
Erschienen am 1. Dezember 2023
256 Seiten
978-1-80328-834-5 (ISBN)
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Thomas Mofolo's final novel and masterpiece, Chaka captures the phenomenal rise and fall of the great Zulu king.
One of the earliest modern literary classics from Southern Africa, Chaka, is the tragic tale of a warrior-king and his insatiable hunger for power. Told in a mythic style, Chaka follows the torments of the Zulu king's early life, his rapid ascension to the throne, and the prophesied events that lead to his downfall.
'Chaka is a beautifully dark and twisted take on the true life story of the Zulu King ... built around one of the most enigmatic and memorable literary figures you'd ever encounter.' Ainehi Edoro
One of the earliest modern literary classics from Southern Africa, Chaka, is the tragic tale of a warrior-king and his insatiable hunger for power. Told in a mythic style, Chaka follows the torments of the Zulu king's early life, his rapid ascension to the throne, and the prophesied events that lead to his downfall.
'Chaka is a beautifully dark and twisted take on the true life story of the Zulu King ... built around one of the most enigmatic and memorable literary figures you'd ever encounter.' Ainehi Edoro
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Auflage
1. Auflage
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN-13
978-1-80328-834-5 (9781803288345)
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Thomas Mofolo was born in 1876 in Khojane, Basutoland (modern-day Lesotho) and was the first novelist to write in the Sesotho language.
He was educated by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society and worked at Sesuto Book Depot as a manuscript reader, proofreader, and secretary. It was while working there that he wrote his first novel, The Traveler of the East (1907), launching one of the earliest literary movements in Africa.
His third and most famous novel, Chaka (1925), was considered by other missionaries to lack a strong enough condemnation of pagan customs. As such, its publication was delayed for over fifteen years. Disappointed by its reception, Mofolo left for South Africa in 1910 and abandoned writing. After years of struggling financially, he purchased a farm in 1937 but was victim to the passing of the Bantu Land Act which restricted farm ownership to white citizens.
Mofolo died in 1948.
Translated from Sesotho by Daniel P. Kunene.
Daniel P. Kunene was a literary scholar, translator and writer born in 1923 in Edenville, South Africa. He gained a PhD in 1961 from the University of Cape Town before seeking political asylum in the USA. He taught African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 33 years. He died in 2016.
He was educated by the Paris Evangelical Missionary Society and worked at Sesuto Book Depot as a manuscript reader, proofreader, and secretary. It was while working there that he wrote his first novel, The Traveler of the East (1907), launching one of the earliest literary movements in Africa.
His third and most famous novel, Chaka (1925), was considered by other missionaries to lack a strong enough condemnation of pagan customs. As such, its publication was delayed for over fifteen years. Disappointed by its reception, Mofolo left for South Africa in 1910 and abandoned writing. After years of struggling financially, he purchased a farm in 1937 but was victim to the passing of the Bantu Land Act which restricted farm ownership to white citizens.
Mofolo died in 1948.
Translated from Sesotho by Daniel P. Kunene.
Daniel P. Kunene was a literary scholar, translator and writer born in 1923 in Edenville, South Africa. He gained a PhD in 1961 from the University of Cape Town before seeking political asylum in the USA. He taught African Languages and Literature at the University of Wisconsin-Madison for 33 years. He died in 2016.
Inhalt
- Intro
- About Apollo Africa
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Nandi Chooses Chaka
- Chapter 2: Senzangakhona Disowns Nandi
- Chapter 3: Chaka Kills a Lion
- Chapter 4: Chaka is Visited by the King of the Deep Pool
- Chapter 5: Chaka Leaves Home in Flight
- Chapter 6: Chaka Meets Isanusi
- Chapter 7: Isanusi Strengthens Chaka with Medicine
- Chapter 8: Chaka Arrives at Dingiswayo's-He Kills a Madman: The Battle of Zwide
- Chapter 9: Ndlebe and Malunga Come to Chaka
- Chapter 10: Chaka Captures Zwide
- Chapter 11: The Death of Senzangakhona
- Chapter 12: Noliwa
- Chapter 13: Chaka and Isanusi at Senzangakhona's Grave
- Chapter 14: Chaka is Installed as His Father's Successor
- Chapter 15: Zwide Kills Dingiswayo: Chaka Acquires Dingiswayo's Kingship
- Chapter 16: The New National Name
- Chapter 17: The Reforms and Changes Brought About by Chaka
- Chapter 18: The Death of Noliwa
- Chapter 19: The Killing of the Cowards
- Chapter 20: Chaka Invades the South: Mzilikazi
- Chapter 21: Concerning Nongogo and Mnyamana
- Chapter 22: The Death of Nandi
- Chapter 23: The Unquenchable Thirst
- Chapter 24: Painful Dreams
- Chapter 25: Donga LukaTatiyana
- Chapter 26: The End of Chaka
- About the Author
- About the Translator
- An Invitation from the Publisher
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